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You may be right. But I would hope that the Yamaha design engineers took all that into consideration when they designed the bike. I doubt that balanced it "by chance".

Not gyroscopic. Full on torque. The pinion gear is applying a rotational force (torque) to the ring gear that is resisted by the tire/pavement/bike inertia combination. I would expect there to be torque trying to tip the bike over one way or another. Same thing happens in a cage, the engine...

Well I'm sure it's not just me sitting slightly to the left. As heavy as that bike is, my butt shifted over a 1/2 inch doesn't make much difference. To make it track straight without holding on to the handlebars I have to lean so far that I need to hold the tank. If I were to let go, I would...

ME TOO. 2008 with 3500 miles and is has always needed a little pull from the left handlebar. I wasn't sure until I installed a throttle lock and let go. To keep upright, I need to grab the tank and lean pretty far over. It equates to a pound or so of pull on the handlebar and its just enough...

BIKE LEANS LEFT - ME TOO! The initial reason I joined this group was to solve this problem. I have a 2008 that I now have about 3000 miles on it. From the get-go, I always thought that bike wanted to lean left. I initially figured it was simply my right arm being longer than my left and...